Andover MN Chiropractor Explains The Danger of 1 Percent

If I gave you 1 in 100 odds on a bet, would you take it? If I offered you a prescription drug that was only effective in 1% of the people in Andover MN, would you put it into your body? (By the way, that actually is the effectiveness of most statin drugs for heart disease.) If I were a surgeon and recommended a procedure that had a 1% success rate, would you do it? And remember your school report cards, if you only got 1 out of 100 on all your tests, would you have passed?

How The "One Percent" Affects Your Body in Andover MN

Of course not! It sounds absurd of me to even ask these questions. But let's take a look at how most people gauge their health. Most people assume that if they're not in any pain, then they must be healthy, right? Well, here's the little secret that I discovered in chiropractic school. Pain is only 1% of our body's function!! In other words, if you base your health on the presence or absence of pain, you are missing 99% of the bigger picture.

Your nerves, which control your entire body's health and function, are divided up like this:

• 45% control muscles
• 45% control organs (heart, digestive tract, immune system, etc)
• 9% transmit special senses (taste, touch, smell, sound, hearing)
• 1% transmit pain

So when the bones in your spine shift out of place (subluxation) and put pressure on a nerve, you only have a 1% chance that you will "feel pain" from it. But what if that subluxation is putting pressure on the nerve going to your heart?…or your immune system?…or your muscles? You won't feel any pain, but would you consider yourself healthy? Wouldn't it be better to keep your spine aligned and keep the pressure off ALL the nerves at all times?

Regular spinal check-ups will keep you and your family functioning at 100%.